Kansas Statutes 74-8784. Sports wagering marketing agreements; required provisions; restrictions on number per lottery gaming facility manager; approval by Kansas lottery
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 74-8784
- Auto racetrack facility: means the same as defined in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 74-8702
- Executive director: means the executive director of the Kansas lottery. See Kansas Statutes 74-8702
- Gaming zone: means : (1) The northeast Kansas gaming zone, which consists of Wyandotte county; (2) the southeast Kansas gaming zone, which consists of Crawford and Cherokee counties; (3) the south central Kansas gaming zone, which consists of Sedgwick and Sumner counties; and (4) the southwest Kansas gaming zone, which consists of Ford county. See Kansas Statutes 74-8702
- Interactive sports wagering platform: means an integrated system of hardware, software and applications, including, but not limited to, mobile applications and servers, through which sports wagering may be made available to persons physically located within the state of Kansas at the time of submitting the wager to a sports wagering manager over the internet or wireless services as defined in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 74-8702
- Kansas lottery: means the state agency created by this act to operate a lottery or lotteries pursuant to this act. See Kansas Statutes 74-8702
- Lottery gaming facility: means that portion of a building used for the purposes of operating, managing and maintaining lottery facility games. See Kansas Statutes 74-8702
- Lottery gaming facility manager: means a corporation, limited liability company, resident Kansas American Indian tribe or other business entity authorized to construct and manage, or manage alone, pursuant to a lottery gaming facility management contract with the Kansas lottery, and on behalf of the state, a lottery gaming enterprise and lottery gaming facility. See Kansas Statutes 74-8702
- Marketing agreement: means an agreement entered into between a professional sports team or other marketing entity and a lottery gaming facility manager for the purposes described in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 74-8702
- Marketing entity: means :
(1) A corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other business entity registered to do business in this state; or
(2) a nonprofit fraternal or veterans organization. See Kansas Statutes 74-8702
- Primary facility: means the stadium or arena where a professional sports team hosts competitive games in accordance with such team's league rules. See Kansas Statutes 74-8702
- Professional sports team: means an athletic team, whose primary facility is located in Kansas, that operates at the major league level in the sport of baseball, basketball, football, ice hockey or soccer. See Kansas Statutes 74-8702
- Sports wagering: includes , but is not limited to, single game wagers, teaser wagers, parlays, over-under wagers, moneyline wagers, pools, exchange wagering, in-game wagers, in-play wagers, proposition wagers, straight wagers and such other wagers approved by the commission. See Kansas Statutes 74-8702
(a) A professional sports team, auto racetrack facility or other marketing entity may enter into a marketing agreement with a lottery gaming facility manager for the purpose of marketing sports wagering at the primary facility of such professional sports team, auto racetrack facility or the premises of such other marketing entity. All sports wagering shall be managed by the lottery gaming facility manager. No owner, director, officer, employee or agent of the professional sports team or other marketing entity shall have any duties directly related to the management of sports wagering except as expressly provided in the marketing agreement.
(b) (1) A marketing agreement shall provide that the professional sports team, auto racetrack facility or other marketing entity shall promote and advertise sports wagering on behalf of the contracting lottery gaming facility manager at the primary facility of the professional sports team, auto racetrack facility or the premises of such other marketing entity. Promotion and advertising may include, but shall not be limited to:
(A) Advertising through signage and other media, including electronic media;
(B) allowing devices, such as kiosks, to be located within the primary facility of the professional sports team or auto racetrack facility to allow patrons to engage in sports wagering; and
(C) providing access to mobile device applications that allow patrons to access the interactive sports wagering platforms utilized by the lottery gaming facility manager managing sports wagering at such primary facility or other premises.
(2) A marketing agreement shall expressly prohibit the professional sports team, auto racetrack facility or other marketing entity and any owner, director, officer, employee or agent of such professional sports team, auto racetrack facility or other marketing entity from taking any bets, paying out any prizes or otherwise having any control or access to the interactive sports wagering platform or any other system used by the lottery gaming facility manager to manage sports wagering.
(3) If the primary facility or other premises specified in the marketing agreement is located outside a gaming zone, then all sports wagering at such facility or other premises shall be conducted through an interactive sports wagering platform.
(c) Any lottery gaming facility manager may enter into marketing agreements with not more than 50 marketing entities. Not less than 20% of such agreements shall be with a nonprofit fraternal or veterans organizations.
(d) Any lottery gaming facility manager seeking to enter into a marketing agreement pursuant to this section shall submit such marketing agreement to the Kansas lottery for approval. No such marketing agreement shall become effective until it is approved by the executive director of the Kansas lottery. If the marketing agreement satisfies all of the requirements of the Kansas lottery act and the Kansas expanded lottery act, then it shall be approved. If the agreement is not approved, the executive director shall notify the parties to the agreement that approval has been denied and provide the reasons for such denial.